Press Release: Showtime has named sportscasters Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood to serve as the announce team for the inaugural presentation of live undercard boxing on Showtime Extreme—Saturday, Feb. 18th at 8 PM. ET/PT The two-fight telecast immediately precedes the live Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader featuring Paul Williams vs. Nobuhiro Ishida and Tavoris Cloud vs. Gabrielle Campillo, which startsd at 10 PM on Showtime. The Showtime Extreme broadcast will feature a twelve-round heavyweight bout between Chris Arreola and Eric Molina and Malik Scott vs. Kendrick Releford in an eight-round heavyweight bout. “We are proud to welcome Barry Tompkins to the family,” said Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports. “He and Farhood bring a tremendous amount of broadcast and boxing experience to the booth. I am excited to expand our live coverage for the network’s loyal boxing fans and for the fighters who will benefit from the additional exposure.” The versatile Tompkins’ 40-plus years in broadcasting include calling college football and basketball as well as many legendary fights [in the early days of HBO] such as “Sugar” Ray Leonard vs. Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson vs. Trevor Berbick and Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Arguello.